Carl Sandburg College’s Branch Campus Resource Room in Carthage is about to get a major upgrade.
Trustees last week accepted a $4,000 grant from the Community Foundation Serving West-Central Illinois and Northeast Missouri to develop the resource room into a food pantry that would serve Sandburg students and Hancock County residents.
The Sandburg Foundation and Branch Campus staff will partner with Shepherd’s Pantry in Carthage and River Bend Food Bank in the renovation.
The grant will help fund the purchase of a refrigerator, freezer, and other supplies that will allow the pantry to provide fresh produce, meat, nonperishable items, and hygiene products.
Sandburg’s Resource Room on the main campus in Galesburg underwent a similar transformation prior to the 2019-20 academic year, thanks to a donation from Mike and Mary Panther.
